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Brick Staining Guides and Articles

Plain answers to the questions we hear most about changing the color of brick: staining or painting, which colors are possible, matching new brick to old, and what lasts.

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For Homeowners

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The three questions every brick homeowner asks first: should I paint it, what colors can it be, and how long does it last.

The rear of the house across the lawn in 2019, its brick reading as one even range from the terrace wall up to the gables

Brick Staining vs Painting: Which One Actually Lasts?

The same side after staining, the gable and the chimney an even grey against the white siding and trim

Brick Stain Colors: What's Possible

The same house 25 years later surrounded by mature trees, the stained brick still one even cream color

A Lifetime Warranty on Every Job

For Architects and Builders

Specifications, submittals and color correction.

Technical pages for the people who specify and build: mineral stain specifications, matching new masonry to existing, and the documents a submittal needs.

The same brick wall after staining, the replacement patch blended in to match the original masonry

Brick Staining for Architects and Engineers

The same commercial wall after staining, the new brick now the same tan as the older brick beside it

Brick Staining for Builders, GCs and Brick Distributors

Two Bramwell-McKay technicians in a boom lift basket, harnessed and helmeted, working along the cast stone band of a cream brick building

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